Margaret Berger - Norwegian Synthpop - Norway Eurovision Finale

Margaret Berger is a singer / songwriter from Norway.  She's a former contestant in the second season of Norwegian Idol, which is Norway's version of American Idol.  After the contest ended she released two CDs:  "Chameleon" in 2004 and "Pretty Scary Silver Fairy" in 2006.

I had never even heard of her until I was bored one day and started watching YouTube clips from Eurovision (2013).  Eurovision is a music competition that's held annually in Europe in which countries send a representative to compete against the rest of Europe.  You never know what you'll hear (or see) at Eurovision. The quality can be all over the place.

So I was pleasantly shocked when Margaret Berger's "I Feed You My Love" started playing and sounded great!  (You can watch it above.)  I ended up paying a fortune to get her two CDs imported from Norway, because I like her Eurovision song so much.  I'll let you know what I think of her two, older releases after I've had a chance to really listen to them.  Meanwhile, below is a song from her second CD.

Tove Styrke - Mainstream Swedish Synthpop

For a long time it seemed like synthpop fans had to go to the underground synthpop movement in order to get top quality synthpop.  Today, though, with the recent successes of mainstream synthpop bands like Owl City, The Killers (okay, only some of their songs are synthpop), Capital Cities, M83, MGMT, etc., synthpop is mainstream again and can be heard on over-the-air radio consistently.

One example of this is the Swedish singer Tove Styrke and her self titled debut album.  While you probably won't hear her songs played much in America (though you should because it's excellent), she's popular in Sweden and around the world.  She competed in Swedish Idol 2009 (Sweden's version of American Idol), and released her debut album on Epic Europe in 2012.  

Within the last year or so I've become a fan.  Her songs are pure synthpop and her voice is great.  Check out some of her best songs in the videos below.

High and Low:  

White Light Moment:  

Chaos:  

Call My Name: